Cheese Producers and Dairies

“Grated green cheese,” “Cheese with herbs,” “Ķiplociņš” cheese, “Knapsieriņš” cheese

Saimniecībā netālu no Burtnieku ezera audzē kazas un gatavo kazas sieru. 

Sieri: Tiek piedāvāts baltais, svaigais kazas siers bez piedevām. Tāpat pieejama kazu piena karamele - smēriņš.

The Blūdži farm is run by farmer and cheesemaker Ināra Mālkalne producing ~30 varieties of cheese. Cheeses: Baltais (White) Cheese, Cheese with Seeds, Cheese with Caraway, Cheese with Fenugreek, Cheese with Dill and Garlic, Special Cheese, flavoured with a blend of herbs, mustard seeds and garlic, Spanish Cheese with sun-dried tomatoes, “Ukri taste” cheese (with red and green peppers and garlic), “Champion” cheese (in honour of the family’s sons, who are rugby champions in Latvia; with dried dill, parsley, chives and garlic), two types of marinated cheese (simple and in a chili and honey sauce).  All of the cheeses except for “Ukri taste,” “Champion” and the marinated cheeses are smoked.

The cheese is made from organic milk produced by the farm’s herd of five cows. Cheeses: Juru cheese – a white fresh cheese made from milk; Jurjāņu cheese – a traditional milk cheese with caraway seeds; Martinella – a type of mozzarella; Rušonas cheese – a fresh milk cheese; Pakša cheese – a traditional Latgalian dried curd cheese.

The true country ice cream at Dviete is provided by a family company which makes ice cream from locally sourced milk and barriers.  There are no E-substances, no plant oils, and less sugar than is common.

The cows which provide the milk are not kept in sheds.  They graze in the biological pastures of the Dviete wetlands.  They are known as “happy cows,” and the milk ensures a unique taste for the ice cream that is made of it.  The café offers homemade ice cream and waffles, as well as delicious coffee in a lovely and well-appointed place from which you can see the lovely and extensive Dviete wetlands.

Groups can contact the ice cream café to arrange for tastings or master classes on how ice cream is made.

At Vita Petrova’s organic small farm, six dairy cows, mostly of the traditional Latvian Brown breed, are cared for with great dedication. Cheeses: Fresh cheeses flavoured with caraway seeds, mixed seeds, hemp seeds, sweet clover, pumpkin seeds and sesame, garlic, fresh herbs, basil and tomatoes. Sweet varieties include cheeses with poppy seeds, candied fruit, raisins and chocolate.

Burkānciems is an organic goat farm and artisan cheesemaking dairy producing a variety of goat’s and cow’s milk cheeses. Cheeses: Fresh cheeses, “Camembert” type cheeses, “Mozzarella” cheeses, hard and semi-hard cheeses.

Celmi farm cheeses are always fresh, as they are made daily using only milk from the cows kept on the farm. Cheeses: classic, salted, spicy, smoked and sweet farmhouse cheeses.

The Bendiks family rear dairy and meat sheep breeds, as well as Latvian Blue cattle, preserving one of Latvia’s rare native genetic resources. Cheeses: premium feta-style cheese, crispy Halloumi-style grilling cheese, made from high-quality, wholesome sheep’s milk. Other delicacies: natural yoghurt, kefir, and ice cream in a variety of flavours, including blackcurrant, rhubarb, mango and strawberry.

Rehtšprehera siers top Siguldas novada zemnieku saimniecībā “Mazlauri”.
Sieri:

• Cietie sieri (nogatavināti 6-12 mēnešus): Grand Marine, Gouda 8 mēnešus gatavināts.
• Puscietie sieri (nogatavināti 2-4 mēnešus): Gouda (pieejams ar linsēklas eļļas pārklājumu vai ar speciālu siera pārklājumu), Tallegio (pieejams ar balzamiko etiķa pārklājumu vai speciālu siera pārklājumu), Toskāna, Sorento.
• Daži sieri ir pieejami arī ar piedevām, piemēram, melnajām ķimenēm, pipariem, tomātiem un baziliku, tomētiem, ķiplokiem un oregano. Daļai sieru ir ēdama miziņa.
• Uz vasaras saulgriežu laiku tiek gatavots arī kas līdzīgs Jāņu sieram – nogatavināts siers ar ķimenēm. 

Lazdona Dairy – naturally wholesome dairy products from Vidzeme. Cheeses: Jāņu Siers cheese, White curd cheese, White curd cheese with herbs or caraway, Caraway cheese. Other products: milk, cheese, sour cream, curd cheese, quark products, yoghurts, desserts and other dairy products. 

Soft goat cheese, soft goat cheese with garlic, fresh goat cheese, Līcīši goat cheese (matured), Līcīši goat cheese in oil.

Lapsu home cheeses are handcrafted in Ogre town by home-based producer Jānis Lapsa in his own kitchen. Cheeses:

• Cow's milk cheese with reduced salt content
• Lactose-free cow's milk cheese with reduced salt content
• Jāņu cheese with butter
• Jāņu cheese with sweet cream

Soft homemade cheeses, Camembert-type cheeses

The cheese is made using traditional methods and crafted by hand. Cheeses: Fresh, soft cheeses made from raw milk, Senču cheese, sweet cheese balls in berry jellies, and freeze-dried cheese. The farm also produces yoghurts from natural ingredients, with only a small amount of added sugar.

Some 10 kinds of fresh goat cheeses (with herbs or greens), as well as smoked ones.

The Straupe Dairy Cooperative has been operating since 1993, bringing together local milk producers and preserving the region’s longstanding dairy farming traditions. Cheeses: Jāņu cheese, caraway cheese. Other products: curd cheese, whole milk curd cheese.

Silmači ir ģimenes saimniecība, kur no pašu kazu piena top dažādi kazas piena sieri.

Sieri: Dažādi kazas piena sieri – no svaigiem un maigiem līdz izteiksmīgiem, kūpinātiem un ilgi nogatavinātiem cietajiem sieriem. Piedāvājumā ir gan klasiskie svaigie sieri, gan sieri ar garšaugiem, kā arī kūpināti sieri ar bagātīgu garšu.

The organic farm, located next to Rūjiena Hillfort and the River Rūja, produces organic goat’s milk cheeses.
Cheeses: A range of goat’s milk cheeses, including fresh goat’s cheese, fresh goat’s cream, cheese with garlic, fresh goat’s cheese with hemp, smoked goat’s cheese, and goat’s cheese in oil with roasted hemp seeds.

The organic family farm “Līvi”, at the foot of Gaiziņkalns, has been producing goat’s milk since 1996. Its herd of 250–300 goats grazes in the surrounding natural meadows. Cheeses: Fresh goats milk cheese "Baltais", fresh goat's milk cheese with fenugrek, fresh goat's milk cheese with garlic, fresh goat's milk cheese "Baraviku" with porcini mushroom flavour, goat's milk cheese with garlic oil "Labrīt". Other products: goat’s milk ice cream, goat’s milk sweets similar to the traditional Latvian "Gotiņa", and sweet cheese balls.

Neliela siera ražotne Ādažos, kas apvieno tradicionālas sierdarīšanas metodes ar mūsdienīgu izpratni par strauji augošo bioloģiskās pārtikas tirgu.

Sieri:

Soira piedāvā vairāk nekā 20 siera šķirnes – no svaigajiem un maigajiem līdz izteiksmīgiem, ilgi nogatavinātiem cietajiem sieriem. Īpašs lepnums ir premium zilie un pelnu sieri, kuru niansētās garšas ir novērtējuši gan starptautiski eksperti, gan Latvijas gardēži.

“Classical Ieva” cheese, including cheese matured for 6 or more months, “Ieva” cheese with fenugreek seeds, “Ieva” cheese with nettles, “Ieva” cheese with onion, ginger and horseradish, “Ieva” cheese with garlic

Authentic homemade Latgale cheese made on the farm.
Cheeses: a variety of fresh cheeses, Jāņi cheese and Pakša cheese.

An organic farm on the shores of Lake Jumurda in the Madona region raises goats and produces artisan goat’s cheese. Cheeses: Kaziņas Bonijas Elegant Goat’s Cheese, Kaziņas Bonijas BIO Baltais cheese, Soft Goat’s Cheese with Garlic and Dill, Soft Goat’s Cheese with Herbs, Goat’s Cheese Cubes with Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Oil. Other products: BIO Cottage Cheese.

Saimniecība 'Vizbuļi' piedāvā veselīgus produktus un unikālus, netradicionālus gardumus no pašu lolota kazu piena.

“Lady of the House,”  “Garlic,”  “Raisin,” “Chocolate Cottage Cheese Candy,” etc.

Cheese here is based on recipes from the owner’s granny, with more than 14 types in all, savoury, sweet, smoked, green, etc.  Master’s classes are available, including the preparation of cheese on a campfire.

Kazu piena sieri: siers bez piedevām; siers ar sāli; siers ar ķiplokiem; kūpināts siers ķimeņu; siers.

Buki Home Cheese produces a range of cheeses using milk from its own cows. Cheeses: Smoked garlic cheese, Fresh caraway cheese, and Fresh cheese with dill and garlic.

“Kundziņsiers” ir ģimenes uzņēmums -  sierotava, kas kopš 2018. gada darbojas Bērzciemā.
Sieri:

• Kūpinātie sieri – ar ķiplokiem, saulē kaltētiem tomātiem, ķimenēm vai bez piedevām.
• Svaigie sieri – ar ķiplokiem, saulē kaltētiem tomātiem, ķimenēm, sieramoliņa sēklām, grauzdētām sēkliņām vai bez piedevām.

Nīcas siera ražotne atrodas zemnieku saimniecībā “Birzmaļi”, kas ir viena no lielākajām piena ražotājām Lejaskurzemē.
Sieri:

• Svaigais siers – mocarellas tipa svaigais siers ar dažādām piedevām, piemēram, ķimenēm, baziliku un papriku, kā arī citām rūpīgi piemeklētām garšām.
• Puscietais siers – gatavots pēc Nīderlandes siera metodes, kas piešķir tam maigāku, nedaudz saldenu garšu un elastīgu tekstūru. Siers tiek nogatavināts no četriem līdz pat divpadsmit mēnešiem.
• Cietais siers – recepte balstīta Itālijas siera tradīcijās. Tas izceļas ar izteiktu garšu un raksturu un tiek nogatavināts sešus vai divpadsmit mēnešus, iegūstot bagātīgu un niansētu garšas buķeti.

Slāņu Labumi farm produces wholesome goat’s milk products.
Cheeses: fresh goat’s cheese in a variety of flavours, melted goat’s cheese, goat’s cheese balls and curd.